Chambers Dugout

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

From the record

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 19003 Rimrock Ranch, Belle Fourche, 57717
When was it listed? March 2019
Category. building
Also known as. Rural Butte and Meade Counties MRA
Unorganized territory. West Butte
National Register reference number. 100003437 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Chambers Dugout between 1999 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 August 2002	Natural	8.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	THOMPSON DITCH
13 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wyoming State Forestry	not named
1 August 2005	Natural	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
26 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
20 July 2003	Natural	25 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
22 April 2015	Debris and open burning	1.8 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	REDWATER CA
25 March 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RED WATER CA
12 March 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	McLaughlin Volunteer Fire Department	CAR/ GRASS 2

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Chambers Dugout: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Banato Pit	Clay	Producer
Lak Reservoir Area #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Aladdin	Uranium	Producer	Stratabound
Heetland	Uranium	Unknown
Helmer	Uranium	Unknown
Helmer (Sec. 19)	Uranium	Occurrence	Stratabound
Nelson	Uranium	Unknown
Nelson Property	Uranium	Occurrence	Stratabound
Sisson	Uranium	Unknown
State Lease 22090	Uranium	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this property

60 of 156 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belle Fourche, the town this property stands in, in 156 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 95 hail, 54 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 10 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	5 hurt, $213,000	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Belle Fourche	3 hurt, $3,000,000	NEARLY EVERY HOME, BUSINESS AND VECHICLE IN THE CITY WAS BADLY DAMAGED.
July 2001	Hail	Belle Fourche	2 hurt	no account filed
August 2011	Hail	Belle Fourche	$1,000,000	no account filed
June 2013	Flood	Belle Fourche	$200,000	Redwater River, Crow Creek, and several small creeks and streams experienced flooding. Water reached the edge of a house along the Redwater River and some low water crossings were flooded.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	$50,000	Automobiles were blown over on U.S. Highway 85 north of Belle Fourche.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	$50,000	Thunderstorm Winds flipped over a camper, destroyed a barn 3 miles north of Newell, and downed some power lines.
June 2013	Hail	Belle Fourche	$10,000	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Belle Fourche	$5,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	$1,000	Trees were blown over and sheds and barns had damage.
July 1997	Hail	Belle Fourche	$1,000	Large hail damaged several cars.
August 2025	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Trained spotter confirmed large hail up to 1.5 inches.
August 2025	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Public reported pea to nickel size hail.
August 2025	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Very gusty winds from all directions, but less than 60 mph. Very heavy rainfall. Hail report of one inch.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2022	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Wind-driven baseball to near softball sized hail caused extensive damage to property in the Belle Fourche area, especially on the north side of town.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind-driven baseball to near softball sized hail caused extensive damage to property in the Belle Fourche area, especially on the north side of town.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	A large tree was uprooted by the strong winds.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at near 70 mph.
August 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Numerous reports of hail to golf ball size in Belle Fourche were received.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Half inch size hail fell with the storm.
June 2018	Funnel Cloud	Belle Fourche	-	A funnel cloud was sighted north of Belle Fourche.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	The combination of strong wind and large hail caused property damage in Belle Fourche.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph along U.S. Highway 212 near the Wyoming state line.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were esitmated at 60 mph.
May 2011	Flood	Belle Fourche	-	The river gage at the Wyoming-South Dakota state line crested at 16.3 feet, which is 1.3 feet above flood stage. Flood water covered several streets in Belle Fourche.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2007	Flood	Belle Fourche	-	Runoff from recent heavy rain caused minor flooding of the Redwater River, Belle Fourche River, and Hay Creek and roads south of Belle Fourche.
July 2005	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Hail covered the ground.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Trees and large limbs downed in Belle Fourche.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	8 inch diameter tree branches were broken.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	A semi trailer was blown a highway.
October 2000	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	Hail was reported to be several inches deep.
May 1999	Tornado (F0)	Belle Fourche	-	Stayed in open country...moved from Lawrence County into Butte County.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	ALSO RECEIVED 1.55 INCHES OF RAIN IN 25 MINUTES.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	Strong winds of 80 mph caused tree and structural damage. One-half inch hail and 2.35 inches of rain also accompanied the storm.
May 2023	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
May 2023	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
May 2023	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
September 2023	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed
July 2019	Hail	Belle Fourche	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100003437 in Record Group 79.
Butte County	All 39 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.